Brewerfan Vacation Destinations

[bobbledude25]

Bumping this thread instead of starting a new one. My wife and I are going on our first cruise in a couple of weeks. (Yes, with Carnival Cruise lines. Lightning can't strike twice in a one month timespan, can it?) We haven't been on a real vacation together without the kids since our honeymoon fifteen years ago. Needless to say, we are stoked.

 

Does anyone have any advice or tricks of the trade to make the experience better? We are taking a 7-day cruise that departs San Juan and has stops at St. Thomas, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, Barbados, and St. Maarten. We have only booked one excursion thus far. (An island tour of St. Lucia) The whole point of the cruise is to relax, so we plan on spending a lot of time at the beach at each port. Of the islands I mentioned, are there any must see or must do attractions? Thanks!

 

On our cruise when we went to St. Maarten and we rented a car and went to a nude beach on the other side of the island. Thanks to crazy traffic we were the last people back on the ship and were within minutes of not being able to board. So that was exciting. I'd recommend going to the bar right by the airport taking off/landing area and watching the planes come in and leave. It's unbelievable